Archive for October, 2006

The Chrysler Championship was the last open-field tournament on the PGA tour this year. And it proved to be an exciting one. First things first, KJ Choi won the tourney, pulling away after eagling the first hole and opening up a 3-shot lead. It’s KJ’s fourth PGA victory. According to the AP, KJ is sporting […]

Today, at halftime of the Ohio State-Minnesota game, OSU alum Jack Nicklaus became only the 5th non-band member in OSU history to dot the “i” in the famous Script “Ohio” scrawled out on the field by The Ohio State Marching Band. (photo) The milestone for Mr. Nicklaus ensures that he will have at least one […]

Wow. First, Phil Mickelson pulled out of the season ending, invite-only Tour Championship — not a huge loss, given how Lefty was playing. Now, however, Tiger Woods has announced he’s pulling out, too. “Playing seven out of nine weeks with an additional trip to Ireland for Ryder Cup practice was taxing both mentally and physically […]

By now, most of the professional golfers who blog appear to have shut down their operations for the year. But not Ernie Els. Just as dedicated as ever, Ernie continues to blog every week. Ernie appears to be pretty tech savvy, he even posted this question on Yahoo! Answers: “What’s the best way to encourage […]

The Golf Blog’s own Douglas asked here whether Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods should mentor Michelle Wie. Well, neither has happened. But AP’s Doug Ferguson reports recently met with two world class golfers who have had their own share of struggles: “At the European Masters, Wie had lunch with Sergio Garcia. He reminded her that […]

The Manhattan Golf Classic on Governor’s Island took place this weekend, pitting 6 handicapper Donald Trump and Tom Watson against Annika Sorenstam and Natalie Gulbis. Although the women were up at one point 6-2 skins, the men eventually pulled out the victory, 10-8, after Tom Watson eagled 15 and birdied 18. (More from TGC) OK, […]

Justin Rose had a 14-foot putt on the 18th hole for birdie, to shoot the magical 59. (More from Golf Week) In fact, Rose had pretty realistic chances to shoot a 57. As GW reports, Rose “missed an 8-footer on No. 13 and a 4-footer on No. 16. ‘Right now, I don’t feel disappointed,’ said […]